# Dedicated Storage Server — 4-16 TB NVMe, No HDD | NulNet

> Honest answer: NVMe shelves, not HDD. 4-5 TB root NVMe or 4x4 TB RAID metal from $48/mo annual-eff. Crypto, no KYC. Size yours now. No ID at signup.

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# Dedicated Storage Server — NVMe, No HDD

![Dedicated storage server on NulNet - 4 TB NVMe RAID](https://nulnet.com/img/theme-storage.png) Need a dedicated storage server? Honest answer: NVMe shelves here, not HDD. 4–5 TB root NVMe or 4×4 TB RAID metal from $48/mo annual-eff.

Published 2026-08-30 · Updated 2026-09-27 · NulNet Editorial

**Short answer** Need a dedicated storage server? Honest answer: NVMe shelves here, not HDD. 4–5 TB root NVMe or 4×4 TB RAID metal from $48/mo annual-eff.

Xeon E-2388G → 2× AMD EPYC 9474F ECC DDR4/DDR5 NVMe RAID 0/1/5/10 IPMI on all 1–25 Gbps unmetered 16 coins + XMR

## Plan ledger

| Plan | CPU | RAM | NVMe | RAID | Port | IPMI | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shield | 8c / 16t | 32 GB DDR4 ECC | 2 x 500 GB NVMe RAID 0/1 | 0/1 | 1 Gbps | IPMI + DDoS | $38.50 list · $30.80/mo annual |
| Vault | 16c / 32t | 64 GB DDR4 ECC-R | 2 x 1 TB NVMe RAID 0/1 | 0/1 | 1 Gbps | IPMI + DDoS | $68.50 list · $54.80/mo annual |
| Bastion | 32c / 64t | 128 GB DDR4 ECC-R | 2 x 2 TB NVMe RAID 0/1 | 0/1 | 10 Gbps | IPMI + DDoS | $108.50 list · $86.80/mo annual |
| Fortress | 32c / 64t | 256 GB DDR5 ECC-R | 4 x 2 TB NVMe RAID 0/1/5/10 | 0/1/5/10 | 10 Gbps | IPMI + DDoS | $173.50 list · $138.80/mo annual |
| Citadel | 96c / 192t dual | 512 GB DDR5 ECC-R | 4 x 2 TB NVMe Gen4 RAID 0/1/5/10 | 0/1/5/10 | 25 Gbps | L3/L7 scrubber | $298.50 list · $238.80/mo annual | Full ledger: [all dedicated SKUs](https://nulnet.com/dedicated/).

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VPS from $3* (fund $50+), storage 1–5 TB NVMe from $24/mo annual-eff, dedicated with IPMI from $30.80/mo. Crypto invoice, no KYC.

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## The honest answer to “4TB dedicated server”

3 query phrasings land here — “dedicated storage server”, “4TB dedicated server”, “HDD dedicated server” — and one catalog answer covers them honestly: this catalog is NVMe-only, there is no spinning-disk SKU, and the 4 TB class exists on two real paths. Path 1: Depot 4–5, a root KVM with 4–5 TB NVMe at $48–56/mo annual-eff ($60–70 list) — cheapest per TB, VPS-class, live in about a minute. Path 2: bare metal — Fortress carries 4×4 TB NVMe in RAID 0/1/5/10 (16 TB raw, 8–12 TB usable) at $138.80/mo annual-eff ($173.50 list) with IPMI. Sizing decides, not branding.

## NVMe vs HDD: what you give up by skipping HDD

1 column in this table is the honest headline: price per terabyte. Rivals selling HDD shelves win that column, checked 2026-09-21 on their own pages — you pay a premium for NVMe. What you get back is speed (roughly 10× the IOPS of a 7200 rpm array), silence, half the heat, and no spinning platters to fail mechanically:

| | NVMe (this catalog) | HDD shelves (rivals) |
|---|---|---|
| Price per TB | $24/TB annual-eff (Storage line) | cheaper — BuyVM slabs ≈ $5/TB, ultra.cc ≈ $3.25/TB, Hetzner BX ≈ $3.50/TB |
| Noise / vibration | none (no moving parts) | audible; rack vibrates under seek load |
| Heat | ~5–10 W per drive | ~6–9 W idle, more under seek; hot-swap airflow budgets |
| Failure mode | controller wear — watch SMART media wearout | mechanical — head crash, motor wear;3-year higher AFR class |
| Random IOPS | ~100k+ per drive | ~100–200 per drive |
| Root server included | yes — KVM root or bare metal | slabs are attach-only; BX is protocol-only | If cold $/TB beats everything else, the honest recommendation is an HDD-class box or a protocol shelf — and this catalog is not it.

## The two paths, priced

4 rows decide the sizing, list and annual-eff side by side:

| Path | List | Annual-eff | Usable capacity | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depot 4 | $60.00 | $48.00 | 4 TB NVMe (root KVM) | VPS, 10 Gbps, ~1 min deploy |
| Depot 5 | $70.00 | $56.00 | 5 TB NVMe (root KVM) | VPS, 10 Gbps |
| Fortress (“fortress”) | $173.50 | $138.80 | 4×4 TB NVMe, RAID 0/1/5/10 — 8–16 TB | bare metal, IPMI, 10 Gbps, EPYC 9354 / 256 GB DDR5 |
| Citadel | $298.50 | $238.80 | 4×4 TB NVMe Gen4 | dual EPYC 9474F, 25 Gbps, L3/L7 scrubber | Catalog prices, checked 2026-09-27. RAID is not backup — the 3-2-1 rule still applies; see the [offsite backup server](https://nulnet.com/offsite-backup-server/) page.

## Sizing: 4 TB vs 8–12 TB usable

3 workload classes split at the 5 TB wall. Under 5 TB — one library, one backup repo, one node — the Storage VPS path is cheaper and faster to resize. Around 5–8 TB usable with real compute (transcoding, many small VMs, a busy database next to the data): Dedicated Fortress with RAID 10 gives 8 TB usable and double random-read performance. Over 12 TB usable: nobody honest sells that as “dedicated NVMe” at consumer prices — that is an HDD archive conversation, and the [storage VPS ladder](https://nulnet.com/anonymous-storage-vps/) plus a protocol box is the cheaper honest stack.

## When to NOT buy dedicated storage here

2 straight cases. If you need 20+ TB of warm, non-sensitive archive, an HDD shelf or a protocol box from the table above costs a fifth as much — take it. If you need object storage or S3-compatible buckets, this catalog sells servers with disks, not bucket APIs. Everything between those cases — 4–12 TB usable, root required, crypto payment — is what this page is for.

Depot 4 from $48/mo annual-eff, or Dedicated Fortress with 4×2 TB NVMe — IPMI included.

[Deploy Storage](https://nulnet.com/deploy/?kind=storage&period=12/) [Deploy Metal →](https://nulnet.com/deploy/?kind=dedicated&period=12&plan=shield/)
Do you sell HDD dedicated servers? No — the catalog is NVMe-only by design; cheaper per-TB HDD rivals are listed honestly in the comparison table above.

What fits on a 4 TB dedicated storage server? A 4 TB root NVMe plan holds roughly 800k photos, 2–4 years of 4-cam NVR footage, or several encrypted backup repos with retention.

RAID level on the dedicated path? RAID 0/1/5/10 is your call on Dedicated Fortress — 4×2 TB gives 4 TB usable in RAID 10 or 6 TB in RAID 5.

Is the storage VPS cheaper than dedicated metal? Yes per TB — $24/TB annual-eff vs $138.80 for 8 TB usable; metal buys isolation and compute, not cheap terabytes.

## Primary sources

- [Hetzner — Storage Box](https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/)
- [BuyVM — Block Storage Slabs](https://buyvm.net/block-storage-slabs/)

## Related guides

- [Dedicated servers — full ledger](https://nulnet.com/dedicated/)
- [Best no-KYC dedicated servers](https://nulnet.com/best-no-kyc-dedicated-servers/)
- [Cheapest no-KYC dedicated](https://nulnet.com/cheapest-no-kyc-dedicated/)
- [Monero bare metal server](https://nulnet.com/bare-metal-monero/)
- [Buy dedicated with crypto](https://nulnet.com/buy-dedicated-server-with-crypto/)
- [Offshore dedicated server](https://nulnet.com/offshore-dedicated-server/)
- [No-KYC dedicated worldwide](https://nulnet.com/no-kyc-dedicated-worldwide/)
- [VPS vs dedicated: when to switch](https://nulnet.com/compare/vps-vs-dedicated-bare-metal/)

## Checkout facts

- **Price** VPS from $3/mo. Dedicated from $30.80/mo.
- **Identity** No KYC. Token-only (no email) or email plus a 12-character password. No passport, phone, or card.
- **Payment** Sixteen ways to settle, none of them a card: XMR and BTC lead, ETH, SOL, LTC, BNB and TRX follow, then XRP, DOGE, DASH and ADA, GRAM (TON) for Telegram-adjacent rails, and USDT on four networks — TRC-20, ERC-20, BEP-20, SPL. Live-rate invoice.
- **Logs** No payload / no guest traffic logs. Billing and panel actions retained. Connection metadata ≤24h.
- **Platform** KVM on ECC and local NVMe. DDoS filtering included. Facilities in 21 cities across four continents — the locations table lists each one's tier, uplink and governing law. Need Iceland or Switzerland plus no KYC? Those two carry a published premium (+20% / +35%); every other flag stays at base list. Pay BTC, USDT, XMR, BNB, XRP, GRAM (TON) or 10 more. Open deploy to pick a plan.

## Ready to launch?

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